Thursday, August 10, 2017

The Man Called Jeremy

An ode to the 'Spaghettti Western' - by Toscano

And into this land of horse shit, dust, sage-weed,
tumble-weed, syphilis, open-sores, toothache, whores, bitches, flea-bitten
bastards, and itchy bits, rode a man - unlike any other man - for he was
wearing a kinky 'French Duster', and his name was 'Jeremy'....or....'Jeremy,
the Turd'.

His breath smelt of whiskey and cigars,

and his spits were full of blood.

Varmints accused him of heinous crimes, and none of them
were good.

His farts were full of cactus spikes, and his eyes were
full of fire,

and if anyone accused him of lying, his gun was then for
hire.

Jeremy was one mean, cigar-chompin' hombre....

In Spaghetti terms, Jeremy was a complete, and utter
bastard, descended from a thousand bastards....with Irish on one side, Mexican
on the other, and Jeremy was far right in the middle. He was the turd of three
Irish brothers.... the first and second already having died in a stampede to
the bar, for the cheapest whore. His brothers had always got the discounts, and
he had always paid the goddamn price.

He carried his gun in a holster, and left his holster in
a coffin, that he always paid a gravedigger to drag from town to town. When
asked why this was so, he would always reply, in his slow, and easy drawl:
"Because I'm a mean, lazy sonovabitch...."

And, so word got around, that Jeremy, the Turd, was one
tough sonovabitch to nail down and crack.

Word soon spread, and the gangs all lined up...the
Murphey's, the Cassidy's, the Poopers, and the Mckennas....

but none could bring him down,

for each one that strode in, each one would hit the
ground.

And then one day, as chance would have it, a man called
'Ringo' rode through.

The die had been cast, and the whisky was poured....and
the air was heavy with farts and lead.

Then into town, looking all around, came Sartana, Django,
Joe, and Fred.

"Where's Jeremy?", chimed up one lone, and
pathetic voice.

"In the bog, with his bloody bastard
coffin", came the reply.

The showdown was
nigh, and the sun was high, and Noon was right on time.

Contestants, please beware.
For every time that a trigger is pulled,
a bullet you will share.

The orchestra started playing, a waltz to pass the day.

The notes were for the bullets, that would soon be on
their way.

Truth be known - and time will tell, that they all
fled for home.
Jeremy, the Turd was victorious, because he was, in reality 'The Milky Bar
Kid',
and his milk was mercy mild.

In 1891, or so the rumour goes, Jeremy the Turd
expired...
for several years, his finger had not fired.
But on a grave, somewhere from sight unseen, lies an epitaph to a legend, who
was tall, dark, and mean.

In faded letters, burnt by the sun, and hidden by the
grass, is a message, which reads "You Can All Kiss My Gun, and also Kiss
My Ass".

In the Name of the Full fat, the semi-skimmed, and the
semi-skimmed, his name was Jeremy....

About Me

Born in Toledo, Ohio in 1946 I have a BA degree in American History from Cal St. Northridge. I've been researching the American West and western films since the early 1980s and visiting filming sites in Spain and the U.S.A. Elected a member of the Spaghetti Western Hall of Fame 2010.